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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 13, 20194 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2019, 3:52 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Aug 13, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2019, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2019, 3:32 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

051 
WHUS43 KAPX 130752
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
352 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019


MIZ024-030-036-042-131600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0007.190813T1200Z-190813T2300Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
352 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning
through this evening. 

* HAZARDS...Dangerous waves and currents are expected today.

* TIMING...Gusty southwest winds through the day.

* LOCATION...Lake Huron beaches and shoreline areas of northeast
  lower Michigan.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high swim risk means life threatening waves and currents are
expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous
areas like piers and breakwalls.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
713 
WHUS43 KAPX 131433
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1033 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019


MIZ024-030-036-042-132245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190813T2300Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
1033 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Dangerous waves and currents are expected today.

* TIMING...Gusty southwest winds through the day.

* LOCATION...Lake Huron beaches and shoreline areas of northeast 
  lower Michigan. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A high swim risk means life threatening waves and currents are
expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous
areas like piers and breakwalls.

&&

$$
058 
WHUS43 KAPX 131932
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
332 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019


MIZ024-030-036-042-132045-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190813T2300Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
332 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has cancelled the BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

The swim risk has decreased to moderate along the Lake Huron
beaches of northeast lower Michigan.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 4:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX11 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.